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San Francisco reports first suspected monkeypox case

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco has reported its first suspected case of monkeypox, public health officials said Friday. The person is a San Francisco resident who traveled to a location with known cases, health officials said. The person is in good condition, is isolating and has reported no close contacts in San Francisco during the time the person was infectious. The latest case means there ...
In this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handout graphic, symptoms of one of the first known cases of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's hand on June 5, 2003.

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco has reported its first suspected case of monkeypox, public health officials said Friday.

The person is a San Francisco resident who traveled to a location with known cases, health officials said. The person is in good condition, is isolating and has reported no close contacts in San Francisco during the time the person was infectious.

The latest case means there are five confirmed or suspected monkeypox cases in California.

Los Angeles County reported its first suspected monkeypox case Thursday. Sacramento County has reported one confirmed case and two suspected cases, both of which are close contacts of the first case.

Health officials say the risk to the general public is low, in part because monkeypox is nowhere near as contagious as COVID-19. L.A.

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